Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, Center for Research on Health and Aging, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Transl Behav Med. 2020 Dec 31;10(6):1566-1572. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibz127.
Older Latinos are the fastest growing cohort among older adults in the USA, and their lives are often fraught with comorbidities, such as diabetes and obesity. Strong evidence has demonstrated health benefits of regular physical activity for older adults. In spite of this, older Latinos participate in low levels of physical activity. Interventions designed to increase the physical activity of older Latinos are lacking, yet more are emerging as the number of older Latinos grows. Unfortunately, older Latinos face many impediments to participating in physical activity interventions that researchers are unaware of. The purpose of the current article was to identify barriers that researchers are likely to face in conducting physical activity interventions for older Latinos, highlighting recently identified barriers, and providing barriers we encountered specifically with older Latino adults; and strategies to overcome these barriers to implementation.
美国的老年拉丁裔人群是所有老年人群体中增长最快的，他们的生活常常充满各种合并症，如糖尿病和肥胖症。大量证据表明，有规律的体育活动对老年人的健康有益。尽管如此，老年拉丁裔人群的体育活动参与度仍然很低。旨在增加老年拉丁裔人群体育活动的干预措施很少，但随着老年拉丁裔人群数量的增加，这类措施也在不断涌现。不幸的是，老年拉丁裔人群在参与体育活动干预方面面临着许多障碍，而研究人员对此并不了解。本文的目的是确定研究人员在为老年拉丁裔人群开展体育活动干预时可能面临的障碍，重点介绍最近确定的障碍，并提供我们在专门针对老年拉丁裔成年人时遇到的障碍；以及克服这些实施障碍的策略。
